patience
/ˈpeɪʃəns/ noun [U]Definition
BEHAVIOUR › the quality of being able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when something takes a long time: Finally, I lost my patience and shouted at her. Making small scale models takes a lot of patience. → Opposite impatience
CARD GAME UK (US solitaire) › a card game for one person
(Definition of patience noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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